Try printing the Str before you do anything with it to see what happens. (Hint - the backslash character escapes characters in literal strings)
On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM ToddAndMargo via perl6-users < perl6-users@perl.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > Windows Server 2025 (souped up W11) > > raku -v > Welcome to RakudoΓäó v2025.02. > > I am trying to see if this directory exists: > \\192.168.240.10\oldserver\Backup\MyDocsBackup\backup1 > > This is what raku .IO.d.Bool give me: > raku -e "say > '\\192.168.240.10\oldserver\Backup\MyDocsBackup\backup1'.IO.d.Bool;" > False > > But power shell says it does me: > powershell Test-Path > \\192.168.240.10\oldserver\Backup\MyDocsBackup\backup1 > True > > From \\192.168.240.10, (a Samba server), it also tells me the > directory indeed does exist: > > # ls -al /mnt/LinuxServer/Backup/MyDocsBackup > total 36 > drwxrwsrwx. 5 public root 4096 Mar 31 18:37 . > drwxrwsrwx. 5 root root 4096 Mar 19 17:16 .. > drwxrwsrwx. 4 public root 4096 Mar 31 18:37 backup1 > drwxrwsrwx. 4 public root 4096 Mar 31 17:57 backup2 > drwxrwsrwx. 4 public root 4096 Mar 31 17:47 backup3 > > > What am I doing wrong? > > Many thanks, > -T > > >
